Movies to Look Forward to - August 2018

July was surprising unspectacular movie wise. But a lot to look forward to in August!

August 2nd – Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, Alec Baldwin, Wes Bentley
Description: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.

August 2nd – The Darkest Minds
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Starring: Bradley Whitford, Mandy Moore, Gwendoline Christie, Amandla Stenberg, Wallace Langham, Harris Dickinson, Golden Brooks, Wade Williams
Description: Imprisoned by an adult world that now fears everyone under 18, a group of teens form a resistance group to fight back and reclaim control of their future.

August 9th – The Meg
Director: John Turteltaub
Starring: Jason Statham, Ruby Rose, Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson
Description: After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.

August 9th – Under the Silver Lake
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Sydney Sweeney, Jimmi Simpson
Description: A man (Andrew Garfield) becomes obsessed with the strange circumstances of a billionaire mogul's murder and the kidnapping of a girl.

August 9th – Whitney
Director: Kevin MacDonald
Starring: Whitney Houston, Bobby Kristina Brown, Bobbi Brown, Cissy Houston, Clive Davis
Description: An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston

August 23rd – Book Club
Director: Bill Holderman
Starring: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Craig T. Nelson, Don Johnson, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley Jr., Wallace Shawn
Description: Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.

August 23rd – The Happytime Murders
Director: Brian Henson
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale
Description: When the puppet cast of an '80s children's TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.

August 30th – BlackKklansman
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Adam Driver, Topher Grace, Alec Baldwin, John David Washington
Description: Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.